The 2020–21 Liberty Flames men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The team plays its home games in

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for the inaugural season at

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, with a capacity of 4,000. The team was led by

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, who was in the sixth season of his current stint as head coach and eighth overall. Liberty was a third-year member of the

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. They finished the season 23-6, 11-2 in ASUN Play to finish in ASUN regular season champions. They defeated Kennesaw State,

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, and

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to be champions of the ASUN tournament. They received the ASUN’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2019–20 season 30–4, 13–3 in ASUN play to finish in first place in their third season in the ASUN. They defeated

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, and Lipscomb in the championship game to win the ASUN tournament. The team officially qualified for the NCAA tournament but it was cancelled as a result of the global pandemic.

Departures

2020-21 Newcomers

Roster

*Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Schedule and results

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References

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